Shuttle-guard for looms



(No Model.)

J. BARDSLEY & W. PHILLIPS.

SHUTTLE GUARD FOR LOOMS.

N0. 372,508. Patented NOV. 1, 1887.

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JAMES BARDSLEY AND \VILLIAM PHILLIPS, OF EAGLEVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

SH UTTLE-GUARD FOR LOOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,508, dated November 1. 1887.

(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J AMES BARDSLEY and WILLIAM PHILLIPS, of Eagleville, in the county of Tolland and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ShuttleGuai-ds for Looms; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in shuttle-gnardsfor looms; and it consists in a shuttle-guard composed of two pieces bent particularly as hereinafter described, having its remote ends provided with threads adapted to be screwed into the hand-rail of the lay and their meeting ends secured together in any suitable manner, all of which will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of our invention is to provide a shuttle-guard which can be quickly and readily applied to the hand-rail of any loom without the use of either nuts or bolts, and which will not become loose from shrinkage of the handrail-or from vibration.

Figure l is a front elevation of our shuttleguard applied to an ordinary hand-rail of a loom, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the parts shown in Fig. l.

The hand-rail A is supported above the beam of the lay of the loom in the ordinary manner. Extending along the face of the hand rail is the shuttle-guard, which is composed of the two sections B C. The sections B C are provided at their remote ends with threads, which are adapted to be screwed into the hand -rail A. The meeting ends of the two sections 13 C are preferably secured together by means of the sleeve or collar D, which can bev moved back and forth upon the guard, either for the purpose of inserting the ends of the guard therein or withdrawing them therefrom. In order to provide against any possibility of the sleeve D becoming loose, the collar or sleeve may be either brazed upon the ends of the guard after they have been placed in position upon the hand-rail or the sections and collar provided with a screw-thread, G,

which will hold them securely in the desired position. The sections B C are bent, as shown at E, and extend over the face of the handrail, as shown in Fig. 1. Y

\Vhere shuttleguards are secured to the hand-rail by means of nuts and bolts in the ordinary manner, the nuts become loose by shrinkage of the hand-rail or from vibration, often causing serious accidents and considerable trouble by allowing the shuttle to fly from its place. \Ve overcome this difficulty by the above construction, as both nuts and bolts are done away with, and the two sections cannot possibly become loose, as they are securely locked by the collar D. Shuttle-guards as heretofore constructed have several joints which are liable to get out of order.

Our invention is simple in construction,

cheap to manufacture, overcomes the above objections, and allows the guard to be readily and quickly applied to and detached from the hand-rail. Each section is screwed to its proper place separately and their meeting ends securely held by thesleeve D. \Ve do not limit ourselves to any particular way of securing the meeting ends of the sections B C together after they have been screwed in positiou upon thehand-rail, as this maybe accomplished by soldering, brazing, or in any other suitable manner.

Having thus described our invention, we claim 1. A shuttle-guard composed of two sections having their remote ends provided with threads, adapted to be screwed into the handrail, and their meeting ends secured together, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a shuttle-guard, the coinbinatioii,\vitli the two sectionsB C, having their remoteeuds provided with threads, of a sleeve or collar for securing the meeting ends of the two sections together, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES BARDSLEY. \VILLIAM PHILLIPS.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM R. GRINDEL, LENA M. HUNTINGTON. 

